Jean Lang: 23 books

Jean Lang (1857-1932) was a Scottish writer and folklorist. She was interested in ancient mythology and its origins. In her opinion the mythology of the West resembled that of the East as they had the same root: the ancient people of the West and of the East saw and met similar phenomena. 'A Man Hunt...

Jean Lang (1857-1932) was a Scottish writer and folklorist. She was interested in ancient mythology and its origins. In her opinion the mythology of the West resembled that of the East as they had the same root: the ancient people of the West and of the East saw and met similar phenomena. 'The Murder...

Jean Lang (1857-1932) was a Scottish writer and folklorist. She was interested in ancient mythology and its origins. In her opinion the mythology of the West resembled that of the East as they had the same root: the ancient people of the West and of the East saw and met similar phenomena. 'The Wraith...

Jean Lang’s A Book of Myths is a foundational work of modern anthropology covering in breathless style a pantheon of Western mythological figures, ranging from ancient Greece to medieval Scandinavia. In a relaxed, easily readable style, Lang re-tells the big familiar stories and several lesser-known...

Jean Lang (1857-1932) was a writer and folklorist. The main fields of her interests were ancient mythology and legends, their origins and changing over time. A Book of Myths (1914) is one of the most know works of Jeanie Lang, as well as Stories of the Border Marches (1916). The Cranes Of Ibycus is...

Jean Lang (1857-1932) was a writer and folklorist. The main fields of her interests were ancient mythology and legends, their origins and changing over time. A Book of Myths (1914) is one of the most know works of Jeanie Lang, as well as Stories of the Border Marches (1916). Clytie is a short folk...

Jean Lang (1857-1932) was a writer and folklorist. The main fields of her interests were ancient mythology and legends, their origins and changing over time.  A Book of Myths (1914) is one of the most know works of Jeanie Lang, as well as Stories of the Border Marches (1916). Hyacinthus is myth,...

First published in 1914, Jean Lang’s A Book of Myths is a foundational work of modern anthropology covering in breathless style a pantheon of Western mythological figures, ranging from ancient Greece to medieval Scandinavia. In a relaxed, easily readable style, Lang re-tells the big familiar stories...

Jean Lang (1857-1932) was a writer and folklorist. The main fields of her interests were ancient mythology and legends, their origins and changing over time. A Book of Myths (1914) is one of the most know works of Jeanie Lang, as well as Stories of the Border Marches (1916). Dandy Jim The Packman...

Jean Lang (1857-1932) was a writer and folklorist. The main fields of her interests were ancient mythology and legends, their origins and changing over time.A Book of Myths (1914) is one of the most know works of Jeanie Lang, as well as Stories of the Border Marches (1916). The Ghost That Danced At...

“With law shall our land be settled, and with lawlessness wasted.” - The Saga of Njal, chapter 69. Saga Six Pack 7 is a sizzling smorgasbord of sagas for fans of Viking literature and history. Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Saga...

Jean Lang (1857-1932) was a writer and folklorist. She was interested in ancient mythology and its origins. In her opinion the mythology of the west resembled that of the east as they had the same root: the ancient people of the west and of the east saw and met similar phenomena. 'Latona And The Rustics'...

Those who are interested in watching the mental development of a child must have noted that when the baby has learned to speak even a little, it begins to show its growing intelligence by asking questions. “What is this?” it would seem at first to ask with regard to simple things that to it are...

The writer will feel that her object has been gained should any readers of these stories feel that for a little while they have left the toilful utilitarianism of the present day behind them, and, with it, its hampering restrictions of sordid actualities that are so murderous to imagination and to all romance.